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myrmepropagandist · 14w
How would the world be different today if the US had stayed out of the Vietnam War? I know very little about this war and wouldn't mind maybe reading a book about it. But I don't know where to start...
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What does a typical US high school education teach about this war?

"The US went to Vietnam to save people from Communism, but it got messy and maybe it wasn't worth it."

That's about it. This must be... not even close to the whole story.

A lot of people including a significant chunk of American soldiers died in this war. When it started the US public supported it. By the time it ended most people didn't, though feelings are "complex."
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myrmepropagandist · 14w
Learning about the Cuban Missile crisis was much easier. This one is proving harder to understand. But it's also a bigger event.